But conservatives have long seized on Flynn’s unmasking to imply that he was treated unfairly by U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials. The majority of requests occurred before Flynn’s communications with Kislyak on Dec. 29. Later that month, in an interview with the FBI, Flynn again insisted he and Kislyak never talked about the Obama administration’s censure of Moscow. ), have long pressed to learn who provided the media with information on Flynn’s calls. “His phone call with the Russian ambassador was a highly classified NSA intercept,” he said, apparently not realizing it was an FBI intercept.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2020 19:29 UTC